3 Sundance #3; Ishiguro gives Ikiru a sprinkle of poignancy distinctive in his literary works, and his screenplay successfully transplants this story to 1950s England, a period the director replicates aptly both in its appearance and its texture. However, Living does feel rushed at times and inevitably lives in the shadow of its Japanese counterpart. The first half of the film gives too little time to establish the setting, so while the life of Mr. Williams stands on itself, the final satire on the British bureaucracy comes especially less pointed and even disjointed from the rest of the film. Certain actions also feel out of space and added simply for being faithful to the original film

与小奏鸣曲并称日本90年代电影两大高峰

心魔解决靠幻象？心魔又影响了他的什么？全片最让人疑惑的一条线； 他错过了太多真正关心他的人，就算洗白也污点一堆，但这属于历史问题而非故事剧情了； 看非裔真的脸盲，妻子、情人A、情人B傻傻分不清。 演员和Ray Charles的歌保底四星。 喜欢片中一闪而过的红，这是演员每次闭眼演戏时看到的画面吧233刺眼阳光透过眼皮的血肉

很会讲故事，边缘情感加上犯罪情节并不突兀

君知妾有夫，赠妾双明珠。 感君缠绵意，系在红罗襦。 妾家高楼连苑起，良人执戟明光里。 感君用心同日月，誓拟侍君同生死。 还君明珠双泪垂，恨不相逢未嫁时。